Unit 3 English Vocab

Front 1

allot

Back 1

to assign or distribute in share or proportions

(verb)

synonyms- apportion, parcel
out, allocate

Front 2

amass

Back 2

to bring together,collect,gather,especially for oneself;to come together,assemble.
(verb)

synonyms:accumulate, pile up,garner
antonyms:scatter,dissipate,squander,waste

Front 3

audacious

Back 3

bold, adventurous,recklessly daring.
(adjective)

synonyms: enterprising,brave
antonyms:timid, cowardly

Front 4

comply

Back 4

to yeild to a request or command.
(verb)

synonyms:submit to, consent to,aquiesce in.
antonyms:reject, refuse,decline.

Front 5

devoid

Back 5

not having or using,lacking.

(adjective)

synonym: wanting,bereft
antonms:full,temming,
abounding

Front 6

elite

Back 6

the choice part of a groupe of people or things.
(noun)

superiour.
(adjective)

synonyms:cream or the crop,upper crust.
antonyms:rank and file, dregs of society

Front 7

grapple

Back 7

an iron hook used to grab and hold.
(noun)

to come to grips with, wrestle or fight with.
(verb)

synonyms:tackle,confront,
strugle with.

Front 8

incapacitate

Back 8

to deprive with strangth or ability;to mack legaly ineligible.
(verb)

synonyms:disable,debilitate,
paralyze,cripple
antonnyms:rehabilitate,
restore.

Front 9

instigate

Back 9

to urge on;to sture up,provoke,start,incite.

(verb)

antonyms:stop,quell,squelch,
quash

Front 10

longevity

Back 10

long life,long duration, length of life.
(noun)

antonyms:brevity,transience

Front 11

myriad

Back 11

in very great numbers.
(adjective)

a very great number.
(noun)

synonyms:innumerable,
countless.
antonyms:few,scant,sparse

Front 12

perspective

Back 12

a point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentaly;the appearance to the eye of various objects at a given time, place, or distance.
(noun)

synonyms:viewpoint,sence of proportion.

Front 13

perturb

Back 13

to trouble, make uneasy;to disturb greatly;to throw into confusion
(verb)

synonyms:upset,agitate,anger,irratate
antonyms:delight,gladden,
please

Front 14

prodigious

Back 14

immense;extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree
(adjective)

synonyms:gigantic,tremendous,astounding

antonyms:puny,minuscule,
insignificant.

Front 15

relevant

Back 15

conected with or related to the matter at hand.
(adjective)

synonyms:pertinent,germane,
applicable

antonyms:unconnected,
extraneous

Front 16

skittish

Back 16

extremly nerves and easily frightened;shy or timid;extremely cautious;unstable,
undependable
(adjective)

synonyms:jumpy,restive,
capricious,fickle

antonyms:bold,daring,
reckless,cool,unflappable

Front 17

tether

Back 17

a rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed object;the outer limit of strength or resource.
(noun)

to fasten with a rope or chain.
(verb)

synonyms:tide uo, chained up, laced

antonyms:untie, let loose

Front 18

unison

Back 18

a sounding together;argument or accord.
(noun)

synonym:harmony,concord,
assent

Front 19

vie

Back 19

to compete;to strive for victory or superiority.
(verb)

synonym:contend,rival

Front 20

willful

Back 20

stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose,deliberate.
(adjective)

synonym:headstrong,obstinate,premeditated.
antonym:docile,obedient,
tractable.